“It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a dramatic piece would be very tough.” KindHas BeensWould BeTodayStarsPiecesImpossibleToughDramaticVerdictNewman Author:Richard D. Zanuck
“The Bridge had a lot of long, soft profiles about the administration, .. In contrast, BU Today has shorter, hard pieces - more consistent with online journalism - which people can read every morning when they log on.” PeopleLongHardTodayMorningPiecesJournalismAdministrationBridgesConsistentOnlineContrastEvery MorningProfile Author:Craig David
“Now let you and me buy wine today! Why say we have not the price? My horse spotted with five flowers, My fur-coat worth a thousand pieces of gold, These I will take out, and call my boy To barter them for sweet wine. And with you twain, let me forget The sorrow of ten thousand ages!” AgeTodayForgetBoysFivePiecesSweetFlowerSorrowThousandTenGoldLet MeHorseWineCoatsFurMy BoysFur CoatsSweet Wine Author:Li Bai
“As I write, Johnny Rotten's first moments in "Anarchy in the U.K." - a rolling earthquake of a laugh, a buried shout, then hoary words somehow stripped of all claptrap and set down in the city streets - I AM AN ANTICHRIST - Remain as powerful as anything I know. Listening to the record today - listening to the way Johnny Rotten tears at his lines, and then hurls the pieces at the world; recalling the all-consuming smile he produced as he sang - my back stiffens; I pull away even as my scalp begins to sweat.” KnowsWorldWayWritingFirstsMomentsTodayLinesPowerfulCitiesLaughingRecordsPiecesStreetsTearsListeningBuriedAnarchySweatRollingRottenConsumingEarthquakesAntichristCity StreetsJohnny Rotten Author:Greil Marcus
“Andy Wiliams' smooth voice and casual style turned the songs he sang into timeless classics and made him one of America's top pop singers. ... The entertainment industry has lost a giant piece of its living history today, but Williams' legacy will forever be enshrined in the annals of music and television.” MadeTodayAmericaSongLostVoiceForeverPiecesStyleTelevisionIndustryEntertainmentPopsSingersLegacyGiantsSmoothTimelessCasualEntertainment Industry Author:Neil Portnow
“I am living today as someone I had not yet become yesterday and tonight I will borrow only pieces of who I am today to carry with me to tomorrow.” TodayPiecesTomorrowYesterdayWho I AmTonight Author:Andrea Gibson
“Congratulations to the Auburn team and coach Malzahn. The piece for us was that we took some first and ten's and could not get a third down conversion. We kept putting the defense on the field. We tackled, we played hard, but offensively we did not execute. We are a work in progress. Certainly a group of men that are committed to fixing things. But frankly we did not get it done today.” MenFirstsHardDoneTodayPiecesProgressGroupsTeamFieldsTenThirdsCommittedDefenseCoachesConversionTigersCongratulationsFixingGet It DoneWork In ProgressLsuAuburnFixing Things Author:Les Miles
“I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.” KnowsWantShouldTryingBookSelfHelpingTodayTogetherWishSupportPiecesMomBirthStandardsDeserveEmpowermentLaborFoundationSacredLaysMemoirMake SenseGentlePregnancyDozenPregnantSelf KnowledgeJournalEnlighteningHolisticWere Pregnant Author:Mayim Bialik
“For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those pieces. These heartfelt essays and poems explore the issues faced by teenagers today. I applaud their efforts because they not only help young people deal with their own lives but also encourage the budding authors of the next generation.” PeopleWritingHas BeensHelpingTodayYoungNextDealsEffortIssuesPiecesGenerationsCenturyTeenagerQuartersEssaysInkNext GenerationHeartfeltQuarter Of A Century Author:Anita Silvey
“Today is a sad day in Country music. We have lost another piece of history. George Jones was not only a good singer, but was a good friend. He will be missed by many.” CountryTodayLostPiecesSingersGood FriendSad DayGeorge Jones Author:Hank Williams, Jr.
“Trying to get today's Republicans to accept basic facts is like trying to get your dog to take a pill. You have to feed them the truth wrapped in a piece of baloney, hold their snouts shut and stroke their throats. and even then, just when you think they've swallowed it, they spit it out on the linoleum.” ThinkingTryingFactsTodayAcceptingPiecesDogRepublicanThroatStrokesPillsSpitBaloney Author:Bill Maher
“I went into Hollywood and met Mike Aarons and went to Grantray-Lawrence Animation to work on the, by today's standards, extremely cheap and crude Marvel superheroes cartoons which basically consisted of taking stacks of the comic book art, taking parts of the art, pasting it down, extending it down into drawings and occasionally a new piece of art to bridge the comic book panels and limited animation and lip movement.” ArtBookTodayPiecesMovementMetsStandardsHollywoodLipsDrawingComicBridgesComic BookCartoonSuperheroAnimationMikeCrudeExtending Author:Mike Royer
“Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems. It's just too complicated - negatives, tinting, flashing - it's a whole new system that takes a lot of time. Of course, it's not as physical. Even the editing. You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I must say that I don't love it.” StillsWholeProblemTodayFilmUsedCoursesTechnologyPiecesEasierAdvantageComplicatedExpensiveDigitalEditorsEditingFixingDigital TechnologyCelluloid Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.” PeopleIfsYearsMayPersonsMadeTodayEasyDecisionPiecesKeysCallingMajorsHundredYears AgoMakersSatisfyingMultipleDecision Makers Author:Brian Tracy
“There's a new iPad out...People are going nuts for this thing...And, today, Mitt Romney said, 'It's a flat piece of white plastic. If you can love it, why not me?'” PeopleIfsSaidTodayWhitePiecesFlatsWhy NotNutsPlasticRomneyIpads Author:Bill Maher
“Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.” TodayPiecesWrittenComputerSoftwarePatents Author:Miguel de Icaza
“Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.” TodayLastsPastNightPiecesBrokenYesterdayBrandsLast NightNew DayBrand NewBroken PiecesBrand New Day Author:Zig Ziglar
“A large part of how an actor works and their process is the stimulation of what's around you, and none more so than in a period piece. This is a modern piece, as much as it is set in a different time, age and myth. If it wasn't relevant, it wouldn't have been made and we wouldn't be putting our energy into it. It's relevant for us today because, in some ways, it throws up a mirror to all of us. As an actor, you get stimulus and you're effected by that, whether it's costumes or funny beards or castles.” IfsWayHas BeensMadeDifferentAgeTodayActorsEnergyProcessPiecesModernPeriodsMirrorsMythRelevantCostumesCastlesBeardStimulusDifferent TimesStimulation Author:Joseph Fiennes
“Today Monopoly added a new game piece: the cat. The new piece was chosen after weeks of online voting. Is that a surprise? Whenever there's a vote for something on the Internet, the cat always wins.” TodayGamesWinningPiecesWeekInternetCatVoteSurpriseChosenVotingOnlineMonopoly Author:Craig Ferguson